Cowpens mother charged by officer with child neglect

Monday

Sep 9, 2013 at 8:40 PM

A Cowpens woman was charged after her son was found by an officer walking along Three Oaks Road and Highway 110 about 8:30 p.m. Friday.

From staff reports

A Cowpens woman was charged after her son was found by an officer walking along Three Oaks Road and Highway 110 about 8:30 p.m. Friday.Kristyn Leigh Willis, 200 Three Oaks Road, Apt. 7, was charged with neglect of a child, an arrest warrant states.According to an incident report, an officer responded to the Piggly Wiggly parking lot in Cowpens and found the 7-year-old child there. When the officer spoke to the child, the child ran down Highway 110 to Three Oaks Road and knocked on the door of an apartment.The officer followed in his car and as he was getting out of the patrol car, he heard a woman from the apartment say, “Where have you been and what have you done this time?” the report states.The officer stated in the report that he's dealt with Willis before, when a passer by found the child several months ago and brought him to the police department. The officer placed the child in emergency protective custody, according to the report.Willis has been released from the Spartanburg County Detention Facility. The Department of Social Services was notified but the report did not state whether Willis' other children were taken from the home, the report states.